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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 189-200Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.11.002
Keywords
Cardiac fibroblasts; Damage-associated molecular patterns; Inflammation; Fibrosis; Innate immune system
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- British Heart Foundation [PG/11/110/29248, PG/11/80/29135, FS/15/48/31665]
- British Heart Foundation [PG/11/80/29135, FS/15/48/31665, PG/11/110/29248] Funding Source: researchfish
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Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) are well-established as key regulators of extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover in the context of myocardial remodelling and fibrosis. Recently, this cell type has also been shown to act as a sensor of myocardial damage by detecting and responding to damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) upregulated with cardiac injury. CF express a range of innate immunity pattern recognition receptors (TLRs, NLRs, IL-1R1, RAGE) that are stimulated by a host of different DAMPs that are evident in the injured or remodelling myocardium. These include intracellular molecules released by necrotic cells (heat shock proteins, high mobility group box 1 protein, S100 proteins), proinfiammatory cytokines (interleukin-1 alpha), specific ECM molecules up-regulated in response to tissue injury (fibronectin-EDA, tenascin-C) or molecules modified by a pathological environment (advanced glycation end product-modified proteins observed with diabetes). DAMP receptor activation on fibroblasts is coupled to altered cellular function including changes in proliferation, migration, myofibroblast transdifferentiation, ECM turnover and production of fibrotic and inflammatory paracrine factors, which directly impact on the heart's ability to respond to injury. This review gives an overview of the important role played by CF in responding to myocardial DAMPs and how the DAMP/CF axis could be exploited experimentally and therapeutically. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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